Course Description: The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that appropriate hand hygiene is the single most effective action to stop the spread of infection. Effective IPC measures could reduce health care-associated infections as much as infectious diseases and Newborn survival rates could potentially increase when hand washing and clean birthing kits are in place.

In 2005, WHO launched the First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care to which 142 countries pledged their commitment, thus allowing to initiate powerful actions to reduce infections occurring during health care delivery through the promotion of IPC measures and improvements in WASH. Building on this strong foundation, the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands global campaign was launched in 2009 by marking the first world hand hygiene day on 5 May and still continues with a different theme proposed each year. In 2003 and 2010, two monumental acknowledgements related to a safer world through improved hand hygiene were made both within and outside of health care and deemed essential to the realization of all human rights.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this course the professionals will have ability to

1. To provide insights into available strategies and approaches to hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities (HCFs).
2. Reinforcing the importance of hand hygiene to reduce the spread of infectious diseases and other communicable diseases - within the context of the epidemics, pandemics and beyond - through policies, regulation, innovation, private sector engagement, and behavior change strategies.

• Calling to action national governments, the public and private sectors, the civil society and donors and financers to accelerate progress on hand hygiene at the national and community levels.

1. Supervise and implement infection prevention and control (IPC) in work environments.
2. Core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals
3. Provide universal access to public hand hygiene stations and make their use obligatory.

• Improve access to and the practice of hand hygiene in HCFs.

Duration: 12 weeks attended as a weekend Programme

Title: Health Inspector | Environmental Health Officer | Health Tutor | Environmental Health Specialist

Academic and Professional Credentials

CEHS - School of Hygiene, Mbale (2002 -2004), DEHS - School of Hygiene, Mbale (2010 - 2013), BEHS - Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) - (2015 -2018), PGDME - Clarke International University (CIU) (2024), and MPH - Clarke International University (CIU) (2018 -2019)

Affiliation

School of Public Health, Clarke International University (CIU)

Expertise: Environmental Health | One Health | IPC | WASH| Occupational Health and Safety | Communicable Disease Control | Law and Policy in Environmental Health and Research.

Notable Focus: Multidisciplinary public health strategies using One Health, with field expertise in both local and international contexts. Also, he has competencies in the Digital Health Transformation (DHT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integrated in Competence -Based - Curriculum (CBC) and with his expertise in Programs and Curricular development.

OLUPOT Ben is a highly, competent, committed and results-driven Environmental Health Scientist and Environmental Health Specialist with in-depth expertise in the prevention and control of environmental hazards, communicable diseases, and occupational health risks. He possesses a rich background in teaching, research, and implementing public health programs in Uganda, Africa and global contexts.

Ben is adept at using multidisciplinary approaches such as Advancing Health, Safety and Well-being by promoting health to improve public and environmental health. He spearheads the advancement of Higher Education in Africa, and Continental Education needs and aspirations (such as the African Union’s Agenda 2063, Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 2016-2025), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His work spans across Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Global Public Health Strategies (One WHO & One Health Approaches), and Health Systems Strengthening.

Contact                                                                                                                                           

Email: bolupot@ciu.ac.ug / benolupot50@gmail.com

Phone: +256787104406

Address: School of Public Health